Kul Bahadur Gurung Explained

Kul Bahadur Gurung
Native Name:कुलबहादुर गुरुङ
Native Name Lang:Nepali
Office1:General Secretary of Nepali Congress[1]
President1:Girija Prasad Koirala
Alongside1:Bimalendra Nidhi
Ram Baran Yadav
Term Start1:2006
Term End1:2010
Predecessor1:Girija Prasad Koirala
Successor1:Prakash Man Singh
Krishna Prasad Sitaula
Birth Date:23 November 1935
Birth Place:Ilam Nepal
Nationality:Nepali
Nickname:KB Gurung
Party:Nepali Congress
Spouse:Mrs. Ratna Gurung

Kul Bahadur Gurung (Nepali: कुल बहादुर गुरुङ) is a Nepalese politician and leader of the Nepali Congress party. Gurung has worked as general secretary of the party.[2] He had been Minister of Education in the cabinet of Girija Prasad Koirala in 1997.[3]

Nepali Congress has raised Gurung as the candidate for the President Election 2015.[4] [5] A resident of Ilam District, Gurung had fought for democracy and spent many years in jail for the same charge.In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected to the assembly from the Ilam-3 constituency, winning 16,286 votes.[6] At 73 years, Gurung was the oldest assembly member elected through the First Past the Post system.[7] He was the acting chairman of the Constituent Assembly until the election of Subhas Chandra Nemwang to the post.[8] [9] The first session of the first Constitution Assembly chaired by Gurung ended the 270 years old monarchy in Nepal and declared Republic.[4]

In July 2008, there were reports that Gurung is associated with a dissident tendency inside the Nepali Congress.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: .::::: Nepali Congress Party ::::: . www.nepalicongress.org . 22 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080506104607/http://www.nepalicongress.org/files/biodata.php . 6 May 2008 . dead.
  2. http://www.nepalicongress.org/files/biodata.php

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  3. http://www.educationlaw.gov.np/english/files/pdf/Report/Report%20of%20the%20Highlevel%20National%20Education%20Commission_%202055.pdf{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  4. Web site: NC to field Gurung, Yadav for elections of Prez, Veep respectively . My Republica. 27 October 2015.
  5. Web site: UML's Bhandari, NC's Gurung, NWPP's Maharjan file candidacies for presidential election . The Himalayan Times. 27 October 2015. 27 October 2015.
  6. Web site: Ca Election report . election.gov.np . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080506033822/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php . 2008-05-06 .
  7. Web site: United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) : Peace process update » Election 10 April 08 » Details . 2008-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120827114226/http://www.unmin.org.np/?d=peaceprocess&p=election_detail&aid=204 . 2012-08-27 . dead .
  8. http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul27/news05.php Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens
  9. http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=148454 eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal
  10. http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul09/news08.php Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens